CBAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for CBAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 119 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing CBAP 9 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.50% 0.21% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.80% 0.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 0
10th Percentile £383 £488 -
25th Percentile £405 £534 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% - -
75th Percentile £638 £656 -
90th Percentile £675 £668 -
Central London median daily rate £443 £625 -
% change year-on-year -29.20% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

CBAP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 501 481 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.60% 25.61% 20.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 277 311
10th Percentile £363 £344 £338
25th Percentile £425 £451 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £680
90th Percentile £749 £760 £779
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -5.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £19.94 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £24.00 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £27.75 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.59% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £38.38 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £54.35 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.75% +20.42% +39.53%

CBAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CBAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

CBAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

CBAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CBAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing CBAP

CBAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CBAP in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for CBAP in the City of London

CBAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
1 2 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) JIRA
2 2 (22.22%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Banking
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 8 (88.89%) Business Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Payments Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Payments Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Banking Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Banking Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) PMI
1 5 (55.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Project Delivery
3 6 (66.67%) Business Analysis
3 6 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (55.56%) Use Case
4 5 (55.56%) User Stories
4 5 (55.56%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (44.44%) Backlog Management
5 4 (44.44%) Kanban
5 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (44.44%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (44.44%) Scrum
5 4 (44.44%) Waterfall
6 3 (33.33%) Anti-Money Laundering
6 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 3 (33.33%) KYC
6 3 (33.33%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Java
1 2 (22.22%) Python
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
2 5 (55.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) ISEB
3 2 (22.22%) Master's Degree
4 1 (11.11%) IIBA
4 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) PSD2
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (22.22%) ISO 8583
2 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 20022
3 1 (11.11%) SEPA
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Xceptor